Our
aim at RRWS is to produce quality warmblood/thoroughbred cross performance
horses which are tall and elegant but at the same time compact through the
back. Our young stock have gained a reputation for being extremely trainable,
with a real desire to please their rider. Our young horses are very correct
in their conformation and have shown a real apptitude for the higher level
collected work.
The broodmare band at RRWS was begun with the purchase of several high quality thoroughbred mares. We were lucky enough to purchase several mares in foal to excellent thoroughbred stallions and from this were able to increase the brood mare band with a couple of high quality fillies which were retained for breeding.
Two
of our original mares were Rare Coral and Hannah Honey. Rare Coral produced
two lovely foals to Northern Classic. The first is Liaison, who is currently
owned by Queensland dressage rider Claire Wallace, and competing very successfully
at Intermediate II level during 2006 and they have been members of the Queensland
Dressage Squad since 2002. The second foal was Coralanne, a full sister to
Liaison and she has being retained as a breeding mare and is due to produce
her first foal in December 2006 to IHB Rio de Janero.
Unfortunately Rare Coral was lost to foaling complications following the birth
of Coralanne.
Hannah
Honey's first foal for RRWS was Copenhagen who
was competed to Grand Prix by Linda and sold to Japanese interest in 2005.
Hannah went on to produce 3 more foals to Northern Classic for RRWS, one colt,
True North, and two fillies, Coquette and Honey. True North has to date successfully
completed in Young Dressage Horse classes in Queensland and is currently with
his present owner training in Germany and about to start competing Medium
over there in 2006. Coquette was sold to a dressage rider in Adelaide and
has begun her career under saddle. Hannah's final foal for RRWS was Cappilana
(Honey) who has been retained as a future breeding prospect and is currently
being ridden and campaigned by a student of Linda's. Hannah Honey was passed
on to Claire Wallace of Lexington Farm in Rockhampton as it was felt that
moving her to Toowoomba in 2002 would not have been in the mare's best interest
and in January 2003 produced yet another beautiful filly to Northern Classic
for Claire. Unfortunately Hannah had to be put down following the weaning
of this foal.
One
of the most impressive thoroughbred mares purchased by the stud was Carasole.
She was a 17hh thoroughbred mare by the Irish stallion Fayyad. Carasole was
purchased in foal to the thoroughbred stallion Defecting Dancer and from this
produced the mare Katherine who was retained by the stud for breeding and
has to date produced 3 excellent foals by Northern Classic and in 2002 was
covered by Highhaven Park Welt's Emperor and produced an superb colt which
was sold as a breeding prospect. Katherine produced a lovely colt by Copenhagen
in 2005. Carasole went on to produce 3 super fillies by Northern Classic,
all matured into tall elegant mares with movement to spare. One was sold to
Malaysia, Alexandra, for dressage and the other, Carabella, is in Western
Australia producing excellent results in dressage for her owner there. The
last of these fillies, Caramia, has been retained by the stud as a competition
and breeding prospect and in 2005 produced a super colt to Leadburn Rotstein
(Rotspon), in 2006 Caramia was bred to the young stallion IHB Rio de Janero
but unfortunately she was lost to colic complications in 2007 before she was
able to foal.
2003 saw RRWS put 2 of our Northern Classic mares to outside stallions.
We are excited to have M'Lady, a mare by Northern Classic x Memsahib, produce
a filly foal to the pure bred Arabian stallion Talik Farad, and Holliander,
full sister to M'Lady, produce a filly foal to the young warmblood stallion,
Cherenton Whitesox.
In 2006 M'Lady was leased to a client for breeding and has produced asuperb filly foal to the newly imported Hannoverian stallion Fisherman's Friend . Late in 2007 both M'Lady and Holliander have been sold to reduce stock due to the ongoing drought and we wish the new owners of these lovely mares success with their breeding.
2004 saw the purchase of IHB Rio de Janero. A Holsteiner colt by Kendalee River Disc out of Kendalee Dawn. Rio has been purchased with the assistance of several long time clients of River Range who have invested in a Syndicate to own shares in Rio. Rio will be bred to the syndicate mares in the 2005 breeding season and will be available to public stud in 2007.
2005 saw the stud purchase a wonderful old thoroughbred mare from Lyndhurst stud. This mare, Serestrina, is by In the Purple, the same sire line as our original mare Rare Coral. Sestrina came with a beautiful thoroughbred filly at foot by the thoroughbred stallion Irish Royal and this filly will be retained as a breeding mare. Sestrina was successfully put in foal to Northern Classic and produced a superb colt foal, River Range Cavalier. Unfortunately Serestrina was lost due to deteriorating health in 2007. Her filly Rivers Serina will be bred to River Range Calutta in 2007.